Audience Feedback (Survey Results)

(1) This question shows us what age ranges have responded to our survey. Our target audience (15-18) are the majority respondents which allows us to really see how our opening will appeal to them. We are able to not only see individual responses in this age range but in the others as well which shows us how other age groups will respond.

(2) This question gives us the main idea of whether thrillers appeal to our audience. The majority response being 'sometimes' lets us know that it depends on the film and storyline more that the genre itself this allows us to focus on how the opening looks and making sure it captures attention.

(3) This question helps us see how intense we should make our opening. The majority response was one below 'very' showing it should be intense but not terrifying allowing us to put a limit on how far we go into the thriller genre.

(4) This questions help us to see how effective our idea of flashbacks will be on the audience. The overall answer was no, which is positive for our opening. However 14 people out of 37 did respond as well, meaning that in able to appeal to the audience fully we need to be careful and selective with when and where we place the flashbacks in order to avoid any confusion or misleading information.

(5) This was definitely an overall answer of Yes. This is very helpful for us as a very important aspect to our opening is that the man is seen but has a hidden identity. The results have shown that our expectations of the effect of this were right and this will hopefully be effective.

(6) The majority answer here is Yes. This is very helpful for our planning process as our piece includes a climax of action which end on a generally quite tense outcome (revealing the shadowed mans face). We have specifically planned to build up the tension in the middle of the opening and have an almost anti-climax (the women is fine in the forest following flashbacks - continues running) however we are also adding tension and enigma by showing the man following her (present day) in the woods. This will create tension at the end of the opening, and these results can confirm that this will be effective.



(7) As we can see the majority answer for the question "In your  opinion should the storyline be clear from the opening sequence?" we found the answer is yes. this means that our opening will need to  understandable for the audience on what is going on in the opening.

(8) Many people were not sure on if there should be more than 2 or 3 characters in the opening sequence. but for our sequence the maximum amount of characters we are having is 2.

(9) For the question "if mildly disturbing/ creepy shot flashed onto the screen would this put you off of the sequence?" 83.78% of our viewers suggested no while 16.22% said yes